Braden-Rapp: "The Strayhorn Project"

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A Tribute to the Music Of Billy Strayhorn

If you are familiar with the jazz composition, "Take the A Train," then you know something about not only Duke Ellington, but also Billy "Sweet Pea" Strayhorn, Its composer. Strayhorn joining Duke Ellington's band in 1939, at the age of twenty-two. Ellington liked what he saw in Billy and took this shy,talented pianist under his wing. By the end of the year Strayhorn had become essential to the Duke Ellington Band, arranging, composing, sitting in at piano. Billy made a rapid and almost complete assimilation of Ellington's style and technique. It was difficult to discern when one's style ended and the other's began. The results of the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration brought much joy to the jazz world.

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